When I got to the commission, I did a little bit of research to find out what issues the commission had been dealing with prior to my arrival, and I found the issue of inward inspection preceded my appearance at the commission by many years. The issue of whether in fact it was a necessary service had been debated for a long time. One of the other members mentioned the COMPAS report, and there are actually documents that precede that one debating the issue.
One of the reasons for the slowness in coming to grips with change, I guess, was the Canadian Wheat Board. The Wheat Board actually took possession of grain when a farmer sold it through a company's facilities, and it was important for them to know what grain was going into these terminals; that was for wheat and barley. It wasn't the case with canola and non-board grains, but with wheat and barley the board wanted to know what kind of grain was going into the terminals. I suppose they could have paid a third party to do that, but because there were substantial amounts and they were sort of quasi-government as well, I guess it made more sense for the Canadian Grain Commission to do that. Now that the board has lost the single desk and is competing for wheat and barley with other companies, the last brick in the wall that would be an argument for maintaining mandatory inward inspection by a government agency has pretty much been removed.
So, yes, it has made a difference.